§ 3-38. Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator; Deputy Emergency Management Coordinator.

A. 

Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the terms "disaster," "local disaster emergency" and "emergency" shall have the meanings that are ascribed to said terms by N.J.S.A. Appendix A:9-33.1.

B. 

Creation of offices. The offices of Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator and Deputy Emergency Management Coordinator hereby are created in and for the City of North Wildwood.

C. 

Appointment of Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator; term; salary.

(1) 

Appointment of Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator. In accordance with, and as required by, the provisions of N.J.S.A. Appendix A:9-40.1, the Mayor shall appoint a Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator from among the residents of the City of North Wildwood. Nothing in this section shall preclude, or shall be interpreted as precluding, the Mayor from appointing himself or herself, as the case may be, as Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator.

(2) 

Term. The Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator, subject to fulfillment of the requirements of N.J.S.A. Appendix A:9-40.1, shall serve for a term of three years.

(3) 

Salary. The salary of the Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator shall be as provided in the Salary Ordinance of the City of North Wildwood.

D. 

Duties of Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator.

(1) 

The Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator shall serve as the department head of the North Wildwood Office of Emergency Management.

(2) 

Consistent with N.J.S.A. Appendix A:9-40.4, the Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator shall be responsible for the planning, coordinating and conduct of emergency management operations within the City of North Wildwood. During a declared "emergency," such emergency management operations shall be deemed to include, by way of example and not by way of limitation, operations of the North Wildwood Fire Department [North Wildwood Municipal Fire Department (including ambulance and rescue service) and the Volunteer Division of the North Wildwood Fire Department], the Department of Buildings, Parks and Grounds, the North Wildwood Police Department (including the Division of Code Enforcement), the North Wildwood Beach Patrol, and the Department of Public Works. The Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator also shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the laws and administrative regulations of the State of New Jersey, the executive orders of the Governor, directives of the New Jersey Office of Emergency Management and directives of the Cape May County Office of Emergency Management.

(3) 

Except during times of a declared "emergency," the Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator shall be administratively responsible to the Mayor.

E. 

Deputy Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator. Consistent with the provisions of N.J.S.A. Appendix A:9-40.3, the Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator shall appoint a Deputy Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator with the approval of the Mayor. The Deputy Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator shall serve at the pleasure of the Mayor. Whenever possible, the Deputy Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator shall be appointed from among the salaried officers or employees of the City of North Wildwood. Nothing in this section shall preclude, or shall be interpreted as precluding, the Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator from appointing the Mayor as the Deputy Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator. In the event that the Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator is absent from the City during a declared "emergency," the then Deputy Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator shall perform all of the duties and functions that otherwise would be performed by the Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator until such time as the Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator no longer is absent from the City.

Amended 1-20-2004 by Ord. No. 1451; 11-8-2017 by Ord. No. 1727